TY - JOUR
T1 - PdFe nanoparticles as selective catalysts for C-C cleavage in hydrogenolysis of vicinal diol units in biomass-derived chemicals
AU - Liao, Fenglin
AU - Lo, Tsz Woon Benedict
AU - Sexton, Douglas
AU - Qu, Jin
AU - Wu, Cheng Tar
AU - Tsang, Shik Chi Edman
PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - A series of supported PdFe bimetallic nanoparticles with variable compositions are successfully synthesized through a careful reduction of a PdO/FeOxcomplex with a tunable support structure, which are demonstrated to achieve ultra-selective C-C bond cleavage over C-O bond of vicinal diol units in the hydrogenolysis of biomass-derived molecules: a gradual increase in the Fe(0) content of the bimetallic nanoparticles, as suggested by EXAFS analysis and DFT calculations, is shown to afford more enhanced selectivity of C-C cleavage, reaching a maximum value of 95%.
AB - A series of supported PdFe bimetallic nanoparticles with variable compositions are successfully synthesized through a careful reduction of a PdO/FeOxcomplex with a tunable support structure, which are demonstrated to achieve ultra-selective C-C bond cleavage over C-O bond of vicinal diol units in the hydrogenolysis of biomass-derived molecules: a gradual increase in the Fe(0) content of the bimetallic nanoparticles, as suggested by EXAFS analysis and DFT calculations, is shown to afford more enhanced selectivity of C-C cleavage, reaching a maximum value of 95%.
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U2 - 10.1039/c4cy01159g
DO - 10.1039/c4cy01159g
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2044-4753
VL - 5
SP - 887
EP - 896
JO - Catalysis Science and Technology
JF - Catalysis Science and Technology
IS - 2
ER -